A rare case of travel-related New World screwworm was identified in Maryland in a patient who traveled from El Salvador, a ...

The patient had traveled to Central America, where an outbreak of myiasis, an infection by screwworm larvae, has been ...

Health officials confirm the first human case of New World screwworm in the United States. FOX's Ted Lindner has the details.

The patient had recently returned to Maryland after traveling to El Salvador. The risk to public health in the US is very low ...

The nearly three-week delay between the confirmation of the case on Aug. 4 and the U.S. government’s disclosure erodes trust ...

The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the first human case of a flesh-eating parasite in the U.S. Here's what ...

The pest, which typically affects livestock, feasts on healthy tissue and can be deadly if not promptly treated.

The human case of screwworm reported this week by U.S. health officials is the country's only case so far this year and poses ...

A person in Maryland has been diagnosed with an infection of the flesh-eating New World screwworm. It's the first case in the ...

The CDC confirmation came about a week and a half before the U.S. agriculture secretary said Texas would host a sterile fly ...

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently identified an ...

The first human case of New World screwworm was confirmed in the United States after a Maryland resident was diagnosed ...